Improvement in horse hat-porks



A. 8. BROWN.

Horse Hay-Fork. No. 90.233. Patented May 18, 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 90,233, dated May 18, 1869.

IMPROVEMENTIN HORSE HAY-FORKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concernv Be it known that I, ADAM S. Bnown, of Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Hay-Forks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annuexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and fignres'of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1, of the drawings, is aplan view of niydcvice.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of a portion of the same.

My invention is connected with forks for lifting hay in large quantities; and c It consists, mainly, in combining and arranging, in a novel and efiicient manner, devices by which the load upon the fork may be held with great firmness.

The letters A and B, respectively, represent the tines or sections of my fork, pivoted together in the usual manner at c.

The letter C is a strap, bolted to the tine A, as shown, and the said tine is also split, as represented on fig. 2.

The letter a is a spring, secured at its lower end to the belt that unites the tines A and B, and at its upper end to the dog (I.

This dog (1 passes through an opening in the strap 0, and a similar opening in the split-off side of tine A, as shown, and its outer end is connected with the cord h. V

The letter 1', is a catch or dog, pivoted, as shown, to the bolt that unites the two parts of tine A, with its lower end extending downward beyond the point where the dog cl passes though its opening in the front side of said tine. When the hay is being lifted, the lower end of this catch restsagainst the dog 4, as shown on The extreme upper end of this catch is constructed in the form of a hook, which, when the weight is being lifted, receives and holds the slot in the tripping-rod s, in the manner shown on fig. l.

The letter 8 is a tripping-rod, or catch, constructed with a slot at one end, adapted to work with the hook on catch t, while its opposite end is widened out to form a brace, or rest against the slotted arm D. hereinafter mentioned.

The letter 1) is a slotted arm, pivoted to the tine B, as shown at u, and having apulley, o, adjusted. at its upper end, as represented.

A rope or cord, 3 is attached to the trip s, and passes under this pulley, insidethe slots of the arm.

To raise the weight, the trip sis adjusted to the hook of catclm', as shown on fig. 1, and the rope 3 is drawn upward.

When the fork is to be unloaded, the operator pulls the cord'attachedto the dog 11. This movement withdraws sa-id dog from the .lower end of catch i, and releases the same, thereby allowing the trip 3 to become disconnected from the hook on'said catch. The tines now separate, and the load is discharged.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A hay-fork, having tines A and B, strap 0, dog 4,- spring a, catch z, trip s, slotted arm D, and pulley v, constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name, in the presence of two winnesses.

' ADAM S. BROWN.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN G. SNAVELY, RALPH-BOYEB. 

